Uganda Election: Yoweri Museveni Declared Winner

Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni of the National Resistance Movement has been re-elected president.

News Rain Nigeria reports that Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote rigging by his main rival Bobi Wine.

Mr Museveni won almost 59% of the vote, with Bobi Wine trailing with about 35%, the Electoral Commission said.

The 76-year-old was named the winner of the polls after crushing ten other candidates including major challenger, Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform who had 3.48 million votes (34.8%).

Yoweri Museveni Declared Winner

With the declaration, Museveni is set to be sworn in on May 12 for his sixth term, which expires in 2026.

But his main challenger, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, 38 have refused the results indicating widespread voter fraud and heavy crackdown on his supporters, and further asserting himself as “President-Elect”.

EC declares Yoweri Kaguta Museveni winner of the Presidential elections with 5,851,037, 58.64% of the total votes

Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) came second with 3,475,298, 34.83% of the total votes.

Recall that Bobi Wine, a former pop star, earlier vowed to provide evidence of fraud. The Electoral Commission denies there was vote-rigging in Thursday’s poll.

The 76 year old, in power since 1986, says he represents stability in the country.

Meanwhile, Bobi Wine – the stage name for 38-year-old Robert Kyagulanyi – says he has the backing of the youth in one of the world’s youngest nations, where the median age is 16.

Also, recall that on Friday, as the results came in, Bobi Wine said that Ugandan soldiers had surrounded and breached his home.

But a government spokesman accused him of “dramatising” the incident “to seek sympathy”.